Bureaucratic reform and issues of political responsiveness

Discusses the implications of concepts and techniques associated with bureaucratic reform for political responsiveness. Effect of being entrepreneurial on political responsiveness; Impact of performance reviews and entrepreneurial budgeting; Need for managing and budgeting systems that frame policy alternatives.

Questions regarding the political control of administrative agencies have played a major role in reinvigorating the study of bureaucracy. Scholars have employed increasingly sophisticated analyses to demonstrate that it is possible, even likely, for elected officials to direct bureaucratic...

Discusses the growth and evolution of bureaucracy. Negative impact on liberal democracy and social justice; Need for a strong political center responsible for addressing the question of the right mix of public planning and private initiatives.

The article discusses the competing norms and the political responsibility of bureaucrats or administrative officials in a democratic government in Penang, Malaysia. It focuses on the obligation of bureaucrats in their proper relation to the sovereign people and the ruling politicians who...

A well-developed thesis in political economy claims that crises create opportunities for change. Yet despite creating similar preferences for change, the Asian financial crisis led to reform of policies and institutions in some issue areas and in some countries of Southeast Asia, but not in...

Presents a standard explanation of the behavior of bureaucracy presented by the Niskanen's model. Criticism on the monopoly power; Formulation of a discriminating bureaucracy; Consequences of the political decision-making mechanisms.

Looks at the role of bureaucracies in governments of advanced industrial societies. Concept of bureaucratic government as an ideal type against which to compare the nature of real world bureaucractic systems; Extent to which public bureaucracy has come to dominate or at least greatly influence...